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Can you copy a WinXP Pro registry entry into Win 7 registry
Hello,
Background:
1. I have a program I use always, I have the install disks and can install it on Win 7 Pro x64. It is a 32 bit program. However, this program had a critical patch issued as a download way back when and this patch cannot be installed on the 7 system, because the installer is a NE (Win 3.1) 16bit. The patch is critical to the program without which it crashes every 5 to 10 minutes.
2. I put on Win 7 two programs which also only had 16bit installers, they also are 32bit and I got them to work. The solution for them was to copy the folder over from XP, click the exe and then windows gives you a window says x is missing [usually dll files] so I then copied over to the system32 and the sysWOW64 folders the missing dll files [Not sure which folder they should be in so did both]. They work a treat with no problems.
The Issue and question:
I copied and pasted this program over however, unlike the others when I click it the error message is That x is not found in the registry. So, I was wondering if it is possible to copy the existing registry file from XP to the Win 7 registry? The location on XP is the same location Win 7 gives for the missing folder and missing value.
I do understand editing registries is tricky, I've done just some basic edits and I know the first thing to do, if this is possible, is to back it up before I start.
Possible other solution? Could I install using the CDs which would put the program in the registry and then copy the folder I brought from XP over that installation and then change the registry based on the values that are in the XP registry? Though the first way would be the quickest, I don't care which I have to use as long as I can get the program running and since it is 32bit it will run once the registry issue is solved.
Thanks for any help.
Ruth